I love what you are doing on your `Cuda Aaron, it is always a pleasure to jump on and have a look at what your up to, it is like a hot rodders dream build with everything layed out methodically and in a certain procedure. Very neat in deed buddy
As for valves bending when being cooled rapidly, that does not sound right at all, the heat generated inside and engine is fierce, but do not forget that the area between a cylinder and head would constantly be changing temperature with every cycle and or revolution, because the air fuel mixture coming in through the carburetor is in fact quite cool, and guys with turbos and intercoolers get a massive rush of cold air coming in that it creates massive amounts of horsepower, so i can not see how a valve could bend with a burst of cold air, Valves will bend if they hit the piston or a foreign item that made its way in an engine, and i do know that Titanium valves have a tendency to bend because of the material they are made of, but they still function with in an engine as Titanium has that tendency to do so. That's just my
have a good one guys
Keep up the great work Aaron